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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (45479)	2/2/2004 1:11:53 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 74559

what in the world do you base that on besides your own ignorance?

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (45479)	2/2/2004 4:37:29 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

I appologize for the sarcasm. But your statement is very much like dr Higgins and his "why can women not be more like men". Human language is a lot more than some computer analogon. And we're definitely not some finite automatons, which you can reprogram to get more efficiency out of us. >>Of course this is quite simplistic, but I hope you get the drift.<< I do, that's why Im writing this. And if you laughed, I succeeded - proving you can't stretch the computer analogies that far. Because computers would not get it and you did.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (45479)	2/2/2004 6:35:27 PM
From: Canuck Dave	Respond to of 74559

You ever program in C++ ? It ain't a modern language. In fact, it's a disaster. Violate all the rules of good programming practice on every line of code. Produce unreadable, unstable programs which compile differently across platforms, but Lordy the compilers will take just about anything. Are you Big Endian or Little Endian? Wanna swap bytes? You ever try to debug a Makefile? I think the best thing about doing stocks for a living now is I don't have to deal with "modern" languages. I'm definitely going to live longer. CD p.s. Loved your comment about China producing another Jay Chen. I'm afraid the stars only align once....

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (45479)	2/2/2004 7:28:15 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Mary, I think the complexity of Chinese (and Korean, and Japanese) nets out as an advantage rather than a disadvantage. You are right that non-ideographic languages are far easier to learn and can express things more flexibly and more precisely. But difficult languages force young minds to exert themselves far more as they are trying to learn how to read and write, during their crucial formative years. And, I am convinced, this effort produces slightly more intelligent people, on the average -- Maurice has theories about this.